Deanna (Dani) Minsky , LCSW

Deanna (Dani) Minsky is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Maine who brings nine years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and major life changes. She has worked extensively within school settings across Maine and Massachusetts, collaborating with families, caregivers, teachers, and outside providers to address family systems, caregiver stress, and the unique pressures faced by educators.

Dani has particular training in Trauma Systems Therapy, an approach that attends both to an individual’s emotional needs and to the social environment that shapes recovery. She uses this holistic perspective to identify strengths and protective factors while also targeting areas that need support. Her practice includes work with relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD, eating concerns, and the effects of abandonment, shame, and discrimination.

She aims to create a therapeutic space that belongs to the person seeking help, grounded in trust, empathy, and nonjudgmental listening. Dani approaches each person as the expert of their own story and collaborates on methods that fit individual needs. Whether someone is new to therapy or returning after a break, she welcomes the opportunity to explore what has been helpful in the past and what might be different moving forward.

As an LCSW - a licensed clinician trained in clinical social work - she blends clinical knowledge with practical strategies to support coping, strengthen relationships, and foster resilience across life transitions.